2013-14 Capital One Academic All-America® Basketball Teams release dates: 
College Division Team: release
NCAA Division III Team: below
NCAA Division II Team: Wed., Feb. 19
NCAA Division I Team: Thurs., Feb. 20
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TOWSON, Md. –Senior forward
Richie Bonney of Hobart and senior
Stephanie Kuzmanic of Carthage headline the 2013-14 Capital One Academic All-America ® Division III men’s and women’s basketball teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A public policy studies/philosophy major with a 3.88 grade point average, Bonney was selected as the winner of the Capital One Division III Academic All-America ® of the Year award for men’s basketball. An exercise and sport science major with a perfect 4.00 G.P.A., Kuzmanic was the winner of the Capital One Division III Academic All-America ® of the Year award for women’s basketball.
The Capital One Division III Academic All-America ® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2013-14 Division III Academic All-America ® teams program.
The lone repeat selection on the Capital One Academic All-America ® first team,
Bonney (right) is averaging 19.8 points and 11.3 rebounds per-game for the Statesmen. While
connecting on 56.9 percent of his field-goal attempts, he has led the Statesmen to an 18-6 record. Hobart clinched its fourth straight Liberty League regular season championship by posting a 12-3 conference record.
His 18 double-doubles this season rank him second among all NCAA Division III players., He is 10th nationally in rebounds per game. He currently leads the Liberty League in rebounding while ranking second in scoring average and field-goal percentage. He has scored more than 1,600 points and pulled down more than 900 rebounds in his career.
A native of Norwich, N.Y., Bonney earned NABC and D3hoops.com All-East Region second-team honors last season, while also being named to the All-Liberty League first team. In 2011-12, he was an All-Liberty League second-team selection, and earned Liberty League Rookie of the Year honors in 2010-11. He is a three-time Liberty League All-Academic honoree.
An honorable mention All-American as a junior,
Kuzmanic (right) is the leading scorer for No. 7 Carthage and has led the Lady Reds to a 20-3 record. Honored as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Most Outstanding Player as a junior, she led Carthage to a 24-5 record and the CCIW championship.
Last season, she ranked fourth among CCIW scoring leaders (13.6 points per game), first in three-point field-goal percentage (.441), first in assists (5.6 per game and ranked seventh nationally), third in free-throw percentage (.827 and 12th in rebounding (5.2 per game) and 14th in field-goal percentage (.457).
The fourth-leading scorer in the CCIW, she is averaging 15.0 points per game. She leads the CCIW with 7/3 assists per game and is third in free throw percentage (.838).
A three-year starter at guard, she was named CCIW "Player of the Week" twice in January and scored a career-high 34 points against Wheaton. She set a Carthage game record with 17 assists against North Central (Ill.) on Jan. 11.
Capital One Academic All-America Division III Men's Basketball Team
Bonney is one of seven student-athletes to repeat as Academic All-America ® honorees among the 15 student-athletes named to the three teams, including four members of the first team.
He is joined on the first team by junior
John Coleman of Clarkson, senior
Brad Ford of Nazareth, senior
Mark Ghafari of Kalamazoo and senior
Dane Jobst of Worcester State.
Coleman and Ford were named to the second team last season while Ghafari was a third team selection.
A mathematics major with a 3.98 G.P.A., Coleman was an Academic All-America® second team choice last year. A junior forward for the Golden Knights, Coleman is averaging 18.8 points and 7.1 rebounds per-game, hitting 57.6 percent of his field goals. He has also had 53 steals for 13-9 Clarkson. The 2011-12 Liberty League Rookie of the Year in both baseball and basketball, he earned all-conference honors in both sports last season. The Potsdam, N.Y. native was also a Capital One Academic all-district ® honoree in basketball and baseball last year.
A business administration major with a 3.83 G.P.A., Ford averages 18.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game for the Golden Flyers. He has led Nazareth to a 16-7 record and second place
in the Empire 8 Conference. He stands third among Empire 8 players in scoring and second in rebounding, playing a conference-best 37.4 minutes per-game. A native of Victor, N.Y., Ford has 14 double-doubles this season and has scored more than 1,300 career points. He was an all-conference second team selection last year, and was an honorable-mention Empire 8 all-star in 2011-12.
An economics major with a 3.78 G.P.A., Ghafari is averaging 23.1 points and 4.6 rebounds per-game for Kalamazoo. A senior guard, he is the sixth-leading scorer in NCAA Division III and has scored more than 1,000 points in his career. An All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association first team honoree last season, he was named to the DIII News Preseason All-America team. He was also named as the Preseason MIAA Player of the Year. A native of Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich., Ghafari has earned MIAA Player of the Week honors three times this season.
A criminal justice major with a 3.91 G.P.A., Jobst is averaging 17.0 points and 13.2 rebounds per game for Worcester State. He is the first Worcester State men’s basketball player to earn Academic All-America ® honors. A senior forward for the Lancers, Jobst is the third-leading rebounder in NCAA Division III. The leading rebounder in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), he is fourth in scoring. Jobst has 15 double-doubles this season. An All-MASCAC honoree last season, the Athol, Mass. native has also earned NABC Honors Court and conference all-academic honors in his career.
The five student-athletes on the Capital One Academic All-America® men’s basketball first team have an average GPA of 3.88.
The 2013-14 Capital One Academic All-America ® second team is made up of senior forward
James Lazarcik of Beloit, senior guard/wing
Alex Longi of Denison, junior forward
Gordon Lyons of Geneseo State, senior forward
Ryan Sheehan of Nichols and senior center
David Thompson of Case Western Reserve. Sheehan was an Academic All-America ® first team honoree last year while Lazarcik earned second team honors.
The 2013-14 Capital One Academic All-America® third team includes senior guard
Brad Bolen of Messiah, senior guard
Kyle Hammonds of King’s (Pa.), senior center
Ben Johnson of Maine, Farmington, senior guard
Tyler Peters of Wheaton (Ill.) and senior guard
Benjamin Ritholtz of Yeshiva. Johnson was an Academic All-America ® second team honoree last year.
Capital One Academic All-America Division III Women's Basketball Team
Kuzmanic is joined on the Capital One Division III women’s basketball first team by seniors
Katelyn Fischer of Marymount,
Chelsea Ciba of Olivet,
Brittany Oster of Redlands and
Kimi Takaoka of Chapman. The five seniors on the first team have an average G.P.A. of 3.95. All 15 student-athletes are seniors.
A business administration major with a 3.97 G.P.A., Fischer is the only repeat selection on the first team. A senior guard from Reisterstown, Md., she earned second team All-American honors as a junior when she led Marymount to a 24-5 record and a berth in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The CAC career leader with 199 three-point field goals made, she is averaging 16.0 points and 6.6 assists per game.
A journalism and mass communication major with a 4.00 G.P.A., Ciba has led Olivet to the best season in school history. With Ciba averaging 13.9 points per game, the Comets have posted a 20-3 record and are second in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The Comets’ second-leading scorer, she was honored as the MIAA Co-Player of the Week in December after helping Olivet win two games at the Albion Tournament. The Olivet, Mich. native is also second on the team with 4.8 assists per game and averages 3.6 rebounds per contest.
A second team All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection last season, Oster has a double major of biochemistry and molecular biology with a 3.84 G.P.A. A native of Agoura Hills, Cal., Oster is averaging 17.8 points and 10.9 rebounds per game with a .510 field goal percentage. A senior forward, she leads the SCIAC in rebounding and field goal percentage. Oster has led Redlands to a 19-5 overall record and a 12-3 mark in the SCIAC, good for second in the conference.
Another All-SCIAC standout, Takaoka rounds out the first team. An athletic training major with a 3.93 G.P.A., Takaoka leads the SCIAC in scoring with a 22.6 average. A third team Academic All-America® selection last season, the Arcadia, Cal. native is the 13th-leading scorer in NCAA Division III. As a junior, Takaoka earned All-SCIAC first team honors when she averaged 17.7 points per game.
Seniors
Lianna Carrero of Albertus Magnus,
Megan Kelley of Hope,
Katie Lytle of Swarthmore,
Courtney Tennant of Rochester Institute of Technology and
Rebecca Yoshor of Yeshiva comprise the Capital One Academic All-America® Division III women’s basketball second team. Carrero and Yoshor earned second team honors for the second year in a row.
Seniors
Lexi Baltes of Illinois Wesleyan,
Alex Gasaway of DePauw,
Becky Hebert of Fredonia State,
Leigh Ann Lutz of Westminster (Mo.) and
Jill VanEperen of Ripon complete the third team.
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To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
Since the program’s inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America® honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Dan O’Connell, Towson University (
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Academic All-America ® Co-Vice-Chair for Publicity/Communications
Scott Musa, Shenandoah College (
smusa@su.edu) (540) 665-5419
Academic All-America ® Vice Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
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Academic All-America ® Coordinator of Publicity